A situation came up a franchise site that is a WordPress multisite installation, where we wanted to dynamically populate the signup location property for segmentation, set with the website URL. Following these instructions doesn’t work for this situation, though it is close. https://kb.mailchimp.com/lists/signup-forms/determine-webpage-signup-location. We also can’t do something like this (it didn’t seem to work): […]

I host many websites (most of them WordPress) and I have a plugin I add for my clients in /mu-plugins/. It’s just some standard settings I want across all sites, including a menu item in the admin, like WPEngine, where my clients can click and read about NevTec Hosting, request help, etc. I have a […]

My new MacBook Pro 15 inch with Touch Bar and Touch ID just came yesterday. I quickly got it set up by transferring settings and apps from my “old” mid-2014 MacBook Pro. Is the new 2016 MacBook Pro worth getting? In short, yes. Especially if you’re a tech geek or use your computer a lot, or […]

I had a little bit of a struggle getting FTPS to connect and list the directory when logged in. I was getting errors 550, connect aborted by remote server on FileZille, error 162 PORT FAILED on Transmit. The regular FTP, port 21, was working fine, but moving to a more secure method, FTPS, that uses […]

Also check out: Using PHP Lambda Functions with WordPress add_action() and add_filter() Functions There are 2 hooks necessary to 1) create the drop down, and 2) to filter the actual query to show the results. With 1 taxonomy, it doesn’t really matter, but the more taxonomies you have and want filterable in the WordPress admin, […]

If you develop AngularJS applications, sometimes you can forget the syntax for the numerous amount of services you can build. I ran into this situation and finally figured that I would create these Angular snippets for Sublime Text to help me out. I’ve written them to be inline and chainable, meaning you need to define your “app” […]

I try to be as efficient as possible, it’s something I’ve always strived for. Something can always be done faster, automated, or cleaned up. These apps are geared towards productive users, not just the average web surfer. This is NOT a sponsored post and I’m not getting a commission from any of these links. These […]

Over at Nevis Technology, I’ve been a part of an exciting project in conjunction with Financial Symmetry. We’ve been developing a client-facing product that brings their client’s financial plan online and easily accessible to view, make changes to, or respond to advisor recommendations. It’s a completely custom product that connects with Financial Symmetry‘s internal system […]

NOTE: Sorry about the blurry video. I don’t have a premium Vimeo account for the HD option and YouTube denied this video for some reason. You can click Vimeo in the lower right of the video to go to the Vimeo video page and it’s clearer. I was on Twitter the other day and […]

TJ Nevis

Expert at knowing a little bit about everything - or so I like to think. Husband, business owner, web developer, car enthusiast, animal lover, tinkerer. I run a web development/technology company, NevisTechnology.com where I'm living my dream. Need hosting services, a website, blog, Blogger to WordPress conversion or an e-commerce store?Let's talk!